East Central and Southeastern Illinois Folk Arts Surveys Collection, 1976-2003

Key Subjects


Instruments

  • Banjo
  • Fiddle
  • Guitar
  • Harmonica
  • Mandolin
  • Piano
  • Saxophone
  • Tenor banjo

Languages

  • English language

Locations

  • Champaign County (Ill.)
  • Christian County (Ill.)
  • Clark County (Ill.)
  • Clinton County (Ill.)
  • Coles County (Ill.)
  • Cumberland County (Ill.)
  • Danville (Ill.)
  • Decatur (Ill.)
  • Douglas County (Ill.)
  • Edgar County (Ill.)
  • Effingham County (Ill.)
  • Fayette County (Ill.)
  • Franklin County (Ill.)
  • Gallatin County (Ill.)
  • Hamilton County (Ill.)
  • Illinois
  • Jackson County (Ill.)
  • Jefferson County (Ill.)
  • Lawrence County (Ill.)
  • Macon County (Ill.)
  • Marion County (Ill.)
  • Massac County (Ill.)
  • McLean County (Ill.)
  • Montgomery County (Ill.)
  • Moultrie County (Ill.)
  • Piatt County (Ill.)
  • Richland County (Ill.)
  • Saline County (Ill.)
  • Southeastern Illinois
  • Union County (Ill.)
  • Upland South
  • Vermilion County (Ill.)
  • Wabash County (Ill.)
  • Washington County (Ill.)

Organizations

  • Eastern Illinois University. School of Fine Arts
  • Little Vermilion Fair
  • Macon County Historical Society (Ill.)
  • Sargent Gallery
  • Tarble Arts Center

Performers-Groups

  • Abundant Life Tabernacle
  • Ashby Family Group Singers
  • Bill Rutherford Dance Band
  • Mason Temple Church of God in Christ
  • St. John Missionary Baptist Church Choir
  • Sorghum
  • Male Voices, Mt. Zion Baptist Church Gospel Quartet
  • Memory Melodeers
  • Tennessee Street Travelers

Subjects

  • African American music
  • Anglo-American music
  • Apple dolls
  • Ballads
  • Basket making, oak splint
  • Birdhouses
  • Blacksmithing
  • Bluegrass music
  • Blues music
  • Boatbuilding (johnboats)
  • Boatbuilding (reelfoot)
  • Broom making
  • Cabinetmaking
  • Chair caning
  • China painting
  • Church of God camp meeting
  • Commercial fishing boats
  • Commercial fishing industry
  • Commercial fishing nets
  • Country music
  • Crocheting
  • Disco music
  • Dollmaking
  • Duck decoy carving
  • Fagoting (Embroidery)
  • Fiddle contests
  • Fiddlers' organizations
  • Fiddling
  • Fisheries
  • Folk art
  • Folk craft
  • Folk music
  • Gospel music
  • Harness making and trade
  • Hoedown
  • Hymns
  • Jazz
  • Knitting
  • Lacemaking (hairpin)
  • Machine work
  • Model ship-building
  • Pentecostal hymn singing
  • Poetry
  • Popcorn stitching
  • Quilting
  • Rag rug
  • Relief carving
  • Religious carvings
  • Rhythm and blues music
  • Rosemaling
  • Round dances
  • Rug braiding
  • Rug hooking
  • Sacred music
  • Sculptors
  • Secular music
  • Spirituals (songs)
  • Square dance calling
  • Square dance music
  • Stick furniture
  • Swing (dance)
  • Tatting
  • Tin Pan Alley
  • Toy making
  • Turning
  • Visionary painting
  • Wagonmaking
  • WDZ radio
  • Weaving
  • Wheelwrights
  • Whittling
  • Wood-carving
  • Yard art, ornaments

Traditional Artists

  • Cell, Jennie
  • Jean, Laurel
  • Leyearle, Susan
  • Meek, Cora
  • Metten, Ferd
  • Ringo, Ernest
  • Taylor, Harvey “Pappy”
  • Walker, Arthur Ryan